After five days, the fire in the household department finally burned completely, and it burned suddenly.

When the first assistant Yun Mubai of the dynasty joined the three divisions of the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Inspectorate to raid, all the banknotes and silver in the Siyin Temple were covered, and they immediately came to a clearance, and even the mouse hole could not be cleaner.

Everything is under control, and only then does the case begin to be formally tried.

When the case was tried, the people involved in the case knew that before the surprise trial, Yun Shoufu had already begun to do a lot of preparatory work and had a lot of evidence, for example, thousands of counterfeit banknotes worth millions of taels of silver were recovered from the people; For example, the closure of workshops that made counterfeit banknotes......

The officials of the household department, especially Cui Yong, the secretary of the household department, Li Hao, the left attendant of the household department, Zhang Chaozong, the right attendant of the household department, Dong Jie, the secretary of the Siyin Temple, and the young secretary of the Siyin Temple, Lian Zhan, were all in danger, and they already clearly felt that the guillotine was hanging over their heads, and it was only a matter of time before it fell.

The true outcome of the trial is unknown, but it is known that many people have been involved.

The prince, because he was in charge of the household department, was fined to the East Palace for one month, paid a fine of 10,000 taels of silver, and handed over to the household department to make up for the shortfall;

The head of the household department was demoted to one level and served as the waiter of the Ministry of Works;

Li Hao, the left attendant of the household department in charge of Siyin Temple, was demoted to the common people; Zhang Chaozong, the right attendant of the household department in charge of the salt and iron division, barely escaped;

Siyin Siqing Dong Jie and Siyin Temple Shaoqing Lian Zhan were both sentenced to hanging, their family property was confiscated, and their female dependents and minor heirs were sold by the official slave company.

There is a punishment and a reward.

Ling Qingyue was promoted by Si Nong Si Qing from the fourth grade, and directly succeeded Li Hao as the left attendant of the third grade household department.

His immediate boss, the second rank of the household department, is served by Princess Pingle's attached horse, Chu Zhilian.

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Official Slave Division.

Xiangling handed a box of gold to Master Lin, who was in charge of selling the official slaves.

Master Lin didn't have much trouble Xiangling.

On the one hand, it is out of awe of Ling Qingyue, the new left attendant of the household department, and on the other hand, because he sells official slaves every day, he has a kind of sad mentality of rabbits and foxes.

Master Lin asked his subordinates to count the amount of gold, and asked his subordinates to bring out more than a dozen official slaves who had been sold.

It is the family members of the Dong family and the Lian family.

Mrs. Lian didn't expect that it was Xiangling who bought them, so she blurted out: "Mrs. Ling, you bought me and my children, did you want to redeem Ling Shaoqing's guilt for reporting the fake silver ticket, or did you want to repay my grudge against you in the past?" ”

Mrs. Dong didn't expect Mrs. Lian to make a big fuss at such a time, and said angrily: "Chu Yin, shut up!" If you want to die, don't involve everyone to die together!! ”

At this step in the field, Chu Xiangling is the only lifeline for their two families, but they can't dig their own graves and lose their only hope of life.

Mrs. Lian couldn't wait to slap herself twice, because of her broken mouth, I don't know how many people she offended.

Mrs. Lian didn't dare to speak.

It is said that women and virtuous husbands have few disasters, and this even Mrs. Lian's broken mouth is really too bad.

Thinking like this, Xiangling did just that, and slapped Mrs. Lian twice when she went up, which made Mrs. Lian stunned, and her eyes were filled with grievances.

Xiangling said disdainfully: "I slapped you twice, not to vent my personal anger, but to make a long memory, in the future, you will be a civilian, no longer Lian Shaoqing's wife, don't say that I dare to beat you, even an ordinary peasant woman, because of trivial things, I dare to beat you." In the future, before impulsively again, think about my two slaps, there is no grievance that I can't bear. ”

Mrs. Lian's face was gloomy, and Xiangling's words were ugly, but what she said was true.

From now on, she is no longer an official wife, but a civilian who is as cheap as an ant, and in the future, she will have to clamp her tail and be a man.

Fortunately, my mother's family is a solid family in the place, and she can still seek refuge, but Rao is so, she is defecting, sending people under the fence, and she can't be as willful as she is now.

Seeing that Mrs. Lian finally recognized her situation, Xiangling continued: "Mrs. Lian, my father-in-law found the counterfeit banknotes and reported them, which is worthy of the Jiangshan Sheji and the people of Limin, and there is no guilt. However, Lian Shaoqing secretly occupied banknotes, colluded with others to privately print silver bills, and disrupted the economic stability of Daqi, which was a heinous crime. ”

Mrs. Lian was said to be red-faced.

Mrs. Dong and Mrs. Lian have always been good friends, and they hurriedly stepped forward to relieve the siege, and Ying Ying bowed down and said: "The people thank Mrs. Ling for her help." ”

Xiangling hurriedly helped Mrs. Dong up, sighed and said, "After all, you and my husband were colleagues, and we also had a good conversation at the same table, how can I bear to see you being sold." ”

Xiangling took out two bags of silver from her arms, together with the deed, and gave them to Mrs. Dong and Mrs. Lian respectively, and said sincerely: "These silver can't let you live a luxurious life, but if you live according to the living standard of an ordinary farmer, it is enough to feed and wear; If you want to leave the capital, I can ask the head of the Four Seas Dart Bureau that cooperates with Sashifang to send you safely to all states and counties across the country. ”

Compared with silver, this kindness of seeing off thousands of miles is really precious.

I only heard "plop" and fell to his knees, and then cried, full of happiness for the rest of his life.

Mrs. Lian choked up and said: "Mrs. Ling, I have recorded your kindness, I have nothing to repay Chu Yin for the rest of my life, and I will definitely pray for Mrs. Ling and her family in front of the Buddha every day in the future." ”

Mrs. Dong didn't speak, but there were tears in her eyes, and her eyebrows were tightly locked, as if she was thinking about something.

Finally thanked them, and Xiangling took them out of the official slave department.

Because they decided to leave the capital, Xiangling simply sent them directly to the Four Seas Dart Bureau.

Just in the morning, the darts were gone, and the two families could leave Beijing immediately.

Mrs. Lian decided to go back to Haitian County to join her parents' family;

Mrs. Dong decided to go back to Qing'an County to join her in-laws.

When the separation was imminent, Mrs. Dong suddenly hugged Xiangling tightly and said, "Thank you for saving your life." ”

Mrs. Lian bowed down.

The two families left, and Xiangling was stunned, because Mrs. Dong just now, in addition to thanking her, also left another sentence like a mosquito: Dongzhuang in the west of the city, under the washing stone.

What does this mean?

Xiangling hurried home, stopped Ling Qingyue, who was in the morning court, and told Ling Qingyue what Mrs. Dong said.

Ling Qingyue muttered: "Dong and Lian have been raided, and the combined family property is only fifty or sixty thousand taels, which is a huge difference from the millions of taels lost in the fake silver ticket case. ”

Ling Qingyue left immediately.

Xiangling no longer worries about the dire things in the court.

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When Ling Qingyue came back in the evening, it was already the second half of the night.

In the cold weather at the beginning of winter, Ling Qingyue roasted her body with charcoal fire, and her whole body was warm, so she got into the quilt, lazily hugged Xiangling, and breathed a sigh of relief tiredly.

Xiangling opened her eyes sleepily, looked back and naturally fell into Ling Qingyue's arms, and murmured, "Is it done?" ”

Ling Qingyue pressed her chin against Xiangling's small brain, and said softly: "It's done, what the big stone pressed down was Dong Jie's private account book, and all the money flowed to the East Palace Prince's Mansion, Yaya, your momentary kindness has made a great contribution." ”

Xiangling let out a soft "oh" and fell asleep again, as if whether she made meritorious service or not, whether she brought down the prince or not, it had nothing to do with her.

Ling Qingyue smiled dumbly, as if, really, all this should have nothing to do with her, fighting and killing has always been a man's business.

Women, as they should, look as beautiful as flowers.

Oh, my own lady wants to add one more to make money to support the family.

Ling Qingyue lowered her head and kissed Xiangling's small nose lightly.

There is a thin layer of sweat oozing from the tip of the nose, kissing in the mouth, salty, but full of happiness.